Combined dry room and iron heater



Dec, 6, 1 927.

S. C.' MARKATOS COMBINED DRY ROOM AND' IRON HEATER Filed Feb. 18, 1926 mm W A m u 6 mm 6 w. w W

/J I M0 m Patented Dec. 6, 1927. s I UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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Application filed February-18,1926. Serial No. 89,205.

This invention 7 appertains to appliances for use in hat cleaning and blockingand hke establishments and the primary ob ect of theinvention is to provide a'novelcombined hat.

drying chamber orroom and a hot plate for sad irons and the like and novel means for associating said combined drying room and hot plate with a boiler, whereby a compact and convenient structure will be had and whereb the heat from the boiler can be utilize for the hot plate and drying room, the waste heat from the hot plate being also utilized in-said drying'room.

Anotherobject of'the invention is to provide novel means for combining said iron heater and dryingwroom, whereby'the irons to be heated can conveniently placedion and removed from the'hot plate and wherewith novel means for connecting a hot plate withthe upper end of the drum'and a dry-' position-relative to the hot plate and in suchtaneously, the'burner for the hot plateibein'g' located relative to the boiler in such a manner that when the burneris in use, the heat therefrom will aid the heatingof said boiler.

- A further object of the invention is the provision of a novel heat collecting drum:

adapted to fit upon the upper end of a boiler ing room with the drum in" superimposeda manner that a certain portion'of the heat is allowed direct access from the drum-into said drying room..

A further object of ,the invention is the v provision of a novel heat deflecting flange carried by thehot plate for protecting the handles of the irons upon the hot plate from direct heat and for guiding the heat from the drum to the dryin room.-

, It has heretobefore een contemplated me,'a's shown inmy prior Patent 1,493,361

issued to me May 6, 1924, for'combining-a hat drier with a boiler and for combining a hot plate with a boiler as shown in my prior Patent 1,497,730 issued to me June 17 1924,

but it has heretobefore been impossible tonincorporate both the iron holder and hat drying room with the upperend of the boiler.

It is therefore a still further object of this invention to provide the combined iron holder and hat drying room for boilers which is so constructed that these appliances "will'cooperate together'in sucha manner as to bring'about a common end, namely the conservation of space and heat in a com-: -merc1ally successful artlcle, whlch W1llbe durable and eflicient in use and which can be placed upon the market and dispensed to the trade at asmallcost.

With these andother objects inview, the" invention consists, in the novel construction,

arrangement and formation of parts, as will a be hereinafter more specifically f'described, V

claimed, and illustrated in the accompanymg, drawings, in which drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the and boiler, I F1gur e 2 is a vertical longitudinal sect onal view throughthe combined hot plate tive to theboi er, a V

Fi ure 3 is a horizontal'section taken on the l1ne33 of Figure 2 looking in the di-' rection of the arrows, illustrating'the formation of the novelhot plate and heat deflecting de 1 A a F1gure 4 is a horizontal section taken on the lme 4-41 of Figure 2 looking'in the directionv of the arrows illustrating the novel construction of the hat drying roomand the rack-for supporting the hats to be dried, and

iIn: V proved combined hat drying room, hot plate and-hatdryin room in proper position rela- Fi ure 5 is a detail perspective view of the nove combined hot plate and deflector.

Referrlng to the drawings in detail,

wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter A generally indicates the'improved device and B' a boiler,

with which the same is associated.

The boiler Bis of the conventional type of hot water boilerusually-heated' by gas to generate steam and commonly used 1n the pressing, cleaning and blockin of hats and therefore will not be describe in detail in the present application. V

vThe improved device A comprises a drum 10, preferably of an annular shape, which is adapted'to fit directly on the top of the boiler B and the lower edge of the drum can be beveled, as at 11 in order that a snug fit ma be had between the said drum and the loci er. The drum can be formed of sheet metal of the desired gage, or out of cast iron, and constructed in any other de sired way, best suited for the purposeintended.

A collar 15 is seated within the upper end of the drum 10 and this collar is provided with an outwardly extending supporting flange 16 which rests 1130!! the top edge of the said drum. This collar forms a support for the hot plate 17, and the dryin room 18, which will now be described. e hot plate 17 is preferably formed of cast iron and the front and side edges thereof rest upon the flange 16 of the collar 15. The rear edge of the plate 17 is scribed on a dif' ferent arc of a circle from the front edge thereof, so that the rear edge will be spaced a predetermined distance from the flange 18 in order to provide a heat escape opening 19 for a purpose, which will behereinafter more fully described. The rear edge of the hot plate 17 at the central portion thereof is rovided with a radially extending at-- tac ling lug 20 which can be bolted or other wise secured as at 21 to the said flange.

The hat drying chamber or room 18 com prises a casing or shell 22 of substantially cylindrical form and this shell has its front at the lower edge thereof cut away, as at 23, to permitconvenient access to be had to said hot plate. The rear edge of the shell rests upon the flange 16 and this flange can be provided with an areuate vertically disposed supporting rib 24: to which the shell can be rigidly secured if desired. A deflecting plate oil arcuate configuration, indicated by tie reference character 25 is formed on the rear edge; of the hot plate 17 and extends into the casing or shell 22 directly in rear of the out outportion 23 and this plate 25 serves as means for deflecting the heat from the opening 19 directly into the shell and prevents the direct radiation of heat on the handles of the sad irons which may be placed upon the hot late 17. It is to be noted, however, that t 1e shell 22 is of such a diameter as to completely overlie the hot plate 17, so as to insure the proper use of heat arising from the said hot plate. Directly above the out out portion 23 of the shell, the same is provided with a door open ing 26 which is adapted to be closed by a suitable sliding door or closure 27 which is slidably mounted in upper and lower guide tracks 28 and 29. These guide tracks can a be formed directly on the shell or attached thereto in any desired way. A manipulating knob 30 can be secured. to the door or closure 27 to facilitate the opening and closing thereof. As shown in the drawings, the shell is provided with a dome sha d top wall 31, but the same can be modified lf preferred.

Arranged withinthe dry room are suitable racks 32 for supporting the hat to be dried and as shown, each one of these racks embody straight rods 33 and 34 and an outwardly bowedrod 35. These rods 33, 34. and 35 are attached tothe opposite sides of the shell in any well known manner. By openin the door or closure 27, the hats can be reatily placed on or removed trom the said racks 32.

Arranged within the drum 10 and inrelai tively close proximit to the boiler is ar-- ranged any preferre 36, provided for heating the hot plate 17 and owing to the arrangement of the hot plate, the drum 10 and the dry room,'the

heat from the burner can be also utilized for said dry room.

type of gas burner In use of the improved device, the arrangement is such that a compact structure is had, whereby the space will be conserved as well as the efi'ectivc utilization ot the heat. It is to be noted that the heat arising from the boiler will be collected in the drum 10 and consequently tend to heat the hot plate and to flow through the opening 19 into the dry room. Further the heat tUlS'". ing from the burner 36 will plate and also the dry room.

As clearly shown in the drawings,the

heat the hot drum 10 is provided with a plurality of a rinlet openings .12 in order'to insure the pro er functioning of the burner 36.

hanges in details may be made without 1 departing from the spirit or the scope of this invention, but: a r

What I claim as new is: i a

1. The combination with aheat collecting.

supported by the drum and disposed directly;

above the hot plate.

4. The combination with an ironholder and a hat drying chamber adapted to arranged directly above a boiler, of means for.

supporting the iron holder and hat drying chamber in predetermined position relative to the boiler. i

5. The combination with an iron holder and a hat drying chamber, of a heat collecting drum supporting the iron holder and hat drying chamber adapted to be arranged di {)ectily-above and in axial alinement with said e. The combination with a drain, 5f the boiler, a hot plate supported by and partially overlying the upper end of said drum defining in connection therewith a heat escape passage, and a hatdrying chamber supported by the drum enclosing said hot plate and said heat escape passage.

7. The combination with a heat collecting drum, of an iron supporting, plate supported by and partially covering said drum defining in connection therewith aheat es- 8. The combination with a heat collecting drum, of an iron supporting plate carried by and partially covering the upper end of said drum defining in connection therewith a heat escape passage, a hat drying chamber supported by the drum and arranged directly above the hot plate enclosing said escape passage, the front end of the chamber having an opening therein at the lower edge thereof to permit access to be had to the hot plate at all times, and a heat deflecting flange carried by the hotplate and extending into the chamber at the front edge of said heat escape passage.

9. The combination with a heat collecting drum, of aniron supporting plate carried by and partially closing the upper end of the drum defining in connection therewith a heat escape passage, a burner arranged in said drum below the iron plate, and ahat drying chamber supported by the drum and arranged directly above the iron plate between said passage, the front of the chamber at the lower edge thereof being provided with an opening to permit access to be had to the plate at all times, a flange of arcuate configuration carried by said plate extending into the chamber at the front of said passageway, hat receiving racks arranged in the chamber, and a closure for said chamber to permit the placing and removing of hats from said racks.

' 10. As a new article of manufacture, a:

combined iron heater and hat dryin chamber comprising a heat collecting rum a burner in said drum, an iron supportmg plate disposed upon the upper edge of the drum and partially closing the same defining in connection therewith escape passageways, a. hat drying chamber supported y the drum and overlying said iron supporting plate, drying racks arranged inthe chamber, a closure for the chamber to permit access to be had to said racks, the chamber having its lower edge thereof at one side cut away to permit ready access to be had to said iron supporting plate, and a heat deflecting flange formed upon the iron supporting plate in front of said passagewayextending into. the drying chamber.

11; As a new article of manufacture, a

combined iron heater and hat drying cham ber comprising a drum having air 0 enings therein, a burner arranged in the rum, a collar fitted within the upper end of the drum having an outstanding flange resting upon the upper edge thereof, an iron supporting plate disposed on the flange and partially covering the upper end of the drum and defining in connection therewith a heat escape passageway, a supporting lug formed upon the plate engaging and secured to the flange atv the rear end thereof, a shell resting upon said flange overlying the plate, a deflecting flange of arcuate shape carried by the plate in front of said passageway extending into the shell, in front of said heat escape passageway, and a closure for said shell.

12. In combination a hot water boiler, a hot plate supported in parallel spaced relation with the top of said boiler, a burner arranged between the hot plate and top of SPIROS C. MARKATOS. 

